Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Can you help me get my Canon BJC-210 printer operational again?

[Matt B. <wal...@ma...>]

> On Feb 12, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 9, 2022, at 11:02 PM, JAMES SLEIGH <fio...@ro... <mailto:fio...@ro...>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hello!
>> 
>> Biggest irritation in my life is the fact I can't use my lovely old Canon BJC-210 printer which Canon tell me is no longer backed up. I like the printer very much. I have 3 of them - enough to keep me going for life. I print only in black ink. The computer I use is an iMAC Office desktop 0SX 10.9.5 with Windows 7 Ult.
>> 
>> Can you oblige me with a program so that I can start using my BJC-210 Canon printer please?
>> 
>> Failing that, do you think XP Pro or some old prog. on a separate old computer) would be able to get my BJC-210 operational again?
>> 
>> With very many thanks,
>> 
>> James Sleigh (in Toronto).
> 
> 
> Your Canon BJC-210 is supported by Gutenprint.  You can download the latest Gutenprint drivers at gutenprint-5.3.3_rev.dmg <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/gutenprint-5.3/5.3.3/gutenprint-5.3.3_rev.dmg/download>
> 
> Looking on the Canon website, I find that your printer is supported for Mac OSX 10.9.  Canon shows that it supports this printer all the way from OSX 10.1 through macos 11 (Big Sur)  That is quite an accomplishment.  Canon also supports it on Windows 7 (64x). This is on the USA Canon site at 
> https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/support-inkjet-printer/bjc-series/bjc-210/bjc-210?tab=drivers_downloads <https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/support-inkjet-printer/bjc-series/bjc-210/bjc-210?tab=drivers_downloads>
> 
> Matt

To my embarrassment, I have to retract my statements about Canon.  They *do not* support Mac OS X 9 or Windows 7(x64).  Both of these were in the list of operating systems, only to find out they state they are not supported.  In any event, Gutenprint does support your printer from the link I gave.

Matt